Logging-hook.



C. D. ANDERSON & E. STRENG. LOGGING HOOK. v

APPLICATION FIILED FEB. I3.. l9l8.

1,273,717, Patented July 23,1918;

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Applicatioigfile'dTebruary13; 191s. -Seria1No. 216;926.

To allwhom itmay concern:

:Be it known thatwe, CLIFFORDQiDEWEY A'NoERsoN- and "EINAR SirRENG, respectively,

citizens of the 'United States andFinland,

and residents, respectively, oi KnoxBayand the 'city' of Vancouver, inthe" Province of British Columbia, Canada, fhave invented our invention relates to improvements in hooks, with -particular reference to'i fhooks used foryardi-ng purposes in logging operationsy'althoughut'may be used with equalfacility in general logging or other similar worlg and the ob ect of our lnvention is to provide a hook-by theme: of whicli thef-load is securely held to the hauling line while at the same time connection and disconnection of the load line to and from the hook is effected with great ease and convenience.

WVe attain this object by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a side elevationof the hook.

Fig. 2 is a side view in part section.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the snap plate.

Fig. 4 is a view of the hook upper end showing the jaw formation.

Similar figures of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views.

The hook, indicated generally by. the numeral 1, is formed as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, having the shank 2 connecting the hook hill 3 with the jaws 4:, in which jaws an oval hook eye 5, is formed through which the plate 8 to the hook and on which bolt the plate swings. 'An extension 10 is formed on the front edge of the plate, which extension normally closes the hook entrance, its lower end resting in a recess 11 formed on the inside of the hook bill'3, as shown in Fig. 2. The plate Sis further provided with a curved slot 12 in which is disposed a spring 13, the rear end of whichbears against a pin or rivet 14 passed from side to side through the jaws 4 and the slot12. The loweredge of the plate is cut away, or recessed, as at 15 in Figs. 1 and 2, which recess cooperates with an upstanding; proj ection 16 I formed on the hook :sha'nk 2xto lock :=the-. plate 8- in the" dotted 1 posit-ion shown Fig. 2,: as: willJbe 1hereinafter:described.

The; operation of thel-idevice will be. ap

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parent, on:-reference :being'had to: 1 p 7 and 2,; as it will 'be seenlthat'a' linemay be. certain nei -anduseful Improvements. 1n":passed into thebhook' @by pressing the line g-Hooks,="of{- which -the f ollowing ismagainstfthe 1 extension l t) to: forcezthe same I inwardly-againstthe spring l3g=the line-passingv-in throughthe hookaentrance when .the space between the extension 10. randbthe 2 bill point is sufiiciently wide,.afterwhich the exment of the projection 16 with the recess 15, the plate 8 dropping sufiiciently, by reason of the oval shape of the eye 9, to permit such 7 engagement. The line may then be passed freely in or out of the hook, the entrance of which is then kept open as long as the snap plate 8 and its extension 10 are maintained in the inwardly swung position. -To close the hook entrance again an upward pull is exerted on the bolt 6 to raise the plate 8 and its recess 15 clear of thelprojection 16, whereupon the spring 13 willreturn the plate and the extension to their normal positions as shown in Fig. 1. 7 7

It will be seen, therefore,that we have devised a simple and practical hook which 7 logging and other is of great convenience in haulage operations.

What we claim as our invention is: 1. In a hook, means for closing the hook entrance, said means being adapted to be swung inwardly to open the entrance, and means for locking the closlng means 1n open positlon.

' 2. In a hook, means for closing the hook entrance, said means being adapted to. be

swung inwardly to open the entrance,means tension10"will lee-snapped back b-ylthespring I for locking the closingmeans in the open position, and 'means for returning the 010s 7 Q ing means to normal positionwhen unlocked.

3. In a hook, a plate swingably'mountedon the hook head providedwith an. exten"-' sion normally closing the hook entrance, said plate having a-recess. 1n itslower ed e,

and a projection on the hook-shankwlth which said recess cooperates to lock said plate and extension when the same are swung to open the said entrance.

4:. In a hook, a plate swingablymounted on the hook head provided with an extension normally closing the hook entrance, said' plate having a recess in its lower edge, a project-ion on the hook shank with which said recess cooperates to lock said plate and extension when the same are swung to open the said entrance, and a spring mounted on said plate adapted to be compressed when the said plate is swung to open the hook.

5. A hook having its head provided with an oval eye and a circular pin passing through said eye, a plate mounted on said head also having an oval eye through which said pin passes, and having an extension nor-' mally closing the hook entrance, said plate having a curved slot in its body and a recess in its lower edge, a projection on the hook shank with which said recess cooperates to lock said plate and extension when the'same are swung to open the said entrance, a sta tionary pin passing through said slot at the rear end thereof and secured into the hook head, and a spring disposed in said slot to bear at its opposite ends on the end of the slot and the said pin respectively, said spring being under compression when the plate is swung to open the hook.

' o 6. A hook having its head formed as a jaw provided with an oval eye and a circular pin passing through the eye, a plate mounted in the jaw provided with an oval eye through which the said pin passes to swingably connect the plate with the hook head, said plate being provided with an extension adapted to normally close the hook entrance and having a slot in its body and a recess in its lower edge, a projection on the hook shank with which the recess cooperates to lock the plate and extension when swung to open the said entrance, a pin carried by Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0, 

